strongman
Example Sentences
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On Friday, state media reported a monitoring delegation had arrived from Belarus -- a country that has been ruled since 1994 by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, who put down pro-democracy protests six years ago.
From Barron's
The U.S. envoy was deep into a vodka-drenched dinner negotiating sanctions relief with Alexander Lukashenko when the Belarusian strongman—Vladimir Putin’s closest ally—turned to him with a personal question: Have you lost weight?
While there are far fewer biographies of Franco than, for instance, of Churchill, books about the Spanish strongman are hardly scarce.
The 63-year-old strongman doesn’t believe he will get lasting amnesty, analysts said, feeling only safe among the cadre of loyal military men with whom he has spent a decade surrounding himself.
After playing the song — on his first take, mind you — Turner paused, then popped up and did a strongman flex in triumph.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
